Friday, December 20, 2013

2013 NORAD Santa Tracker, Mobile Apps, Games, Videos

A
great way to spend Christmas Eve 2013 with the family and kids is to track
Santa's progress around the world as he delivers his Christmas gifts to
all the children.

So you're picturing your kids
now. "How do they track Santa? Do they have Santa on video? What time
does Santa start? How does Santa get to everyone in the world?" No worries, the NORAD Tracks Santa website
has all the answers to those questions and more. No seriously, every
answer for even the most inquisitive child. Even the technical data on
Santa's sleigh for all your future engineering children.

The NORAD Santa Tracker also has free games and activities for children plus Santa Tracker videos.

NORAD Santa Tracker Apps

You can also track Santa for Christmas 2012 with the family from your mobile phone. Send the Android, Windows, or Apple app to your smart phone.

How and Why Does NORAD track Santa?

Basically, NORAD protects
against air and missile attacks and tracks everything that moves through
the air. The tracking Santa tradition began in 1955 when Sears Roebuck
& Co. accidentally misprinted Santa's telephone number in their
catalog, and when NORAD (then CONAD) answered the phone, the director of
operations Colonel Harry Shoup had his staff check the radar for
Santa's location.

Now every year NORAD tracks Santa's flight using
satellite, radar, Santa cams, and fighter jets (yes fighter jets, F-15s,
F-16s, and F-22s). Santa begins in the South Pacific and travels West
from there as he visits every child who believes in him. Santa is able
to personally stop at each child on the good list's house because he
experiences time differently than we do. As long as it takes him to
visit each and every child only feels like 24 hours to us.